In a letter sent to DHS Secretary Mayorkas, 162 civil rights, immigration, religious, advocacy, and other organizations joined the Sikh Coalition and the ACLU in calling for an end to the mistreatment of religious migrants by U.S. border officials in Arizona and at other border-crossing points.

As the county’s top prosecutor, the candidate elected in November will oversee the third-largest public prosecutorial agency in the country

Arizona prison officials withholding selected issues of The Nation from incarcerated subscribers

Today, a federal district court granted a request by Arizona abortion providers, physicians, and advocacy groups to prevent a 2021 law that grants “personhood” rights to fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs from being used to criminalize abortion services.

A federal district court will hear oral arguments on whether to block an Arizona law which classifies fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs as “people” starting at the point of conception.

A judge found that the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR) systematically violates the constitutional rights of persons incarcerated in the state’s prisons by failing to provide them minimally adequate medical and mental health care.

The ACLU and partners originally challenged this “personhood requirement” last year and though the judge issued an injunction on the “reason ban” portion, it failed to do so for the “personhood requirement.” 

Risk of criminal prosecution has forced physicians to suspend abortion services in Arizona